[shittyadmin]

Because trade secrets are not a respected form of IP.

- Patents serve to provide a temporary shelter for monopolizing new ideas and methodologies to allow them to be developed

- Trademarks serve to guarantee consumers can differentiate products and their producers

- Copyright serves to allow people to make money from creative works while distributing them widely.

Trade secrets? Trade secrets allow a company to monopolize a market with no benefit to the public in the long run. They deserve exactly zero legal protections.

[ridgeguy]

The U.S. patent office disagrees with you and notes that the U.S is obligated to protect trade secrets [1].

The Coca-Cola company and defendants Williams and Dimson might differ, as well [2].

[1] https://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/international-...

[2] https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1234095.html